By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson
By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Southwest Airways LUV.Nstated on Friday it’s extending the cancellation of flights utilizing 737 MAX jets from its schedule by one other month as Boeing Co BA.N faces growing hurdles in successful approval to return the airplane to service earlier than the tip of this yr following two deadly crashes.
Last month, Southwest had prolonged the grounding of all 34 737 MAX jets in its fleet to Feb. 8. Southwest, the most important operator of the 737 MAX Eight jets, stated it was now canceling flights by means of March 6 due to “continued uncertainty across the timing of MAX return to service” and added it’s “unable to offer an replace on first quarter capability steerage right now.”
United Airways UAL.O and American Airways AAL.O have canceled their 737 MAX flights into January.
Reuters reported this week that U.S. and European regulators might want to return to Iowa to finish an audit of Boeing’s software program documentation after regulators discovered gaps and substandard paperwork. Boeing has confirmed…